UK a potential landing spot for Lane Kiffin per USA Today
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All I know is if we passed on Petrino and rumors come to be accurate, Barnhart should be done. How he could survive that I don't know. The laughing stock doesn't begin to describe that clown. UK fans need to demand his removal, at least from the hiring process in major athletics.
If.
Which I already would but whatever.
If.
Which I already would but whatever.
Kiffen is just a temporary fix, not long term. That is why I don't think it would be good for the program.
Character-wise, I think they guy is sneaky like a snake, is all about Kiffen and if he came to UK, he would be gone in 2-3 years. That is his MO everywhere he has been. Greener pastures and his wanderlust.
Character-wise, I think they guy is sneaky like a snake, is all about Kiffen and if he came to UK, he would be gone in 2-3 years. That is his MO everywhere he has been. Greener pastures and his wanderlust.
Agreed. Honestly, I think the only reason some here are clamoring for him is because he's famous. He's a name all football fans have heard of, and thus meets the "big name" thing many of our fans have long wanted.
But what those people forget is the reason Kiffin's famous is largely because of what an unlikeable screw up he was at his prior HC jobs. It's because of articles like this. Yeah, let's chase after a guy who's famous for his past failures and spoiled brat demeanor.
Remember, this is a guy whose only notable mark in the college football annals is for being the only coach in history to have a team pre-season ranked No. 1 finish the season completely unranked. So he's basically famous for having the most UNDER-achieving team in history.
If Kiffin couldn't succeed with the talent he had on that USC team, I don't know why people think he would with UK talent. He's a guy lucky enough to have been given elite talent everywhere he's been (including now at Bama)--yet has still managed to mess things up anyways. He's really never had the experience of dealing with inferior talent of the level he'd have at UK.
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They were down a $h!t load of scholarships. That's why Kiffin struggled. Its still a mess at USC. Our fans snubbing their noses' at potential coaches is hilarious. Please realize we are a bottom feeder right now. Any big name that can recruit, coach, and bring in solid assistants is worth a serious look. Including Kiffin
I'll just throw this out there to be discussed. HE CANT COACH AND GETS FIRED ALL THE TIME. carry on.
Were they not ranked preseason #1? Then go on to free fall out of the top 25 and look like a disaster?
Why do some posters act like that just never happened?
You act like nobody has ever failed short of expectations. even our basketball team has started out highly ranked and fallen out of the top 25. I guess you think that Cal sucks. You complete disregard that he was 10-2 the year before. Went into the '10 season with 62 guys dressed out. Reduction of 30 scholarships, any player that was a junior or senior could transfer out etc.
Pete Carroll was 5-4 in the Pac 12 the year he left. Kiffin was 5-4 his first year and the year you are calling a failure. He still got to a bowl that year you say was an utter failure.
Lost to #21 Standford 14-21 (finished 12-2 and ranked 6)
Lost at Arizona 36-39 (finished 8-5)
Lost to #2 Oregon 62-51 (finished 12-1 ranked #2)
Lost to #17UCLA 28-38 ( finished 9-5 won the south)
Lost to #1. ND 13-22 (finished 12-1 ranked #3)
Lost to Georgia Tech 7-21 (bowl game bad loss)
Started season out 6-1 and played one of the toughest schedules with a young and bare team.
Here are some facts.
Lol you realize that isn't even good. Right?
Brohm is my top choice.
He had all the resources in the world at MAJOR programs like UT and USC and he couldn't build much at all and couldn't even stick it out through hard times.
At UK he would melt like butter during early losses while trying to build a program.
No thanks, you need someone with management ability like Tressel, Brohm, etc.
I think people just want a successful football program and don't see a mediocre coach like Lane Kiffin achieving that here.
Let me show you how easy this is... I like Brohm by the way but I'm going to be unreasonable just like you have been doing.
Jumps around from job to job and got fired from others. Never has showed he can win big at a power 5 school. Just simply cannot coach. If you get fired at UL then you suck.
in his only time at any type of coaching experience of leading men was at UL in 2008 as their AHC/ OC and led them to a 5-7 record on the season in the lowly big east. Offense did not put up a single point against us when we played. He was fired as a result of their terrible play.
then went to Florida Atlantic and skipped out on them after a year
Went to Illinois and got fired
Went to UAB and skipped out on them as well after a year after only winning 3 games and led their offense.
Every where he has been at a power 5 school he has failed and failed miserably. Facts.
this is what you look like posting about Kiffin, I did it about Brohm.
Oh that would be terrible to receive a post season ban. I don't know how we could cope with not being able to play in a bowl game.
All the success we have had no way would we want a coach who can bring in 5 star talent and surround himself with proven coaches.Okay. I get that. But he's too of the line that U.K. Can hire. Do we not realize who we are? We're not gonna hire a calipari/Saban here. Ever.
Exactly. Nothing to lose. Not like we have a reputation to protect.Oh that would be terrible to receive a post season ban. I don't know how we could cope with not being able to play in a bowl game.
The main thing about a head coach is who he can surround himself with as his assistant coaches and recruiting talented guys. I'm much more confident that Kiffin can do that than many of the other guys mentioned.
One of the reason why Brohm has been so successful at WKU is that Petrino brought in some heavy hitters on his staff. His staff right now is full of guys who all have coached at the highest levels and were head coaches themselves at various universities.
Who would of thought the former DC at USC under Pete Carroll would go to WKU and stay their? Several guys on their staff are huge gets for a small school.
At UK we can do the same.
Actually it was both. Kiffin has TWICE been fired mid-season. Happened in Oakland, and happened again at USC.
Where has he wondered too?
The only place I know of that he left as a head coach is UT. That's it.
As an assistant he did but every assistant coach does that.
Many clamor for Brohm as head coach and he drifted around as an assistant. If he leaves WKU and comes here does that make him to be a carpetbagger?
He butted heads from the start with the owner over Jamarcus Russell. He clearly did not want him, Russell created a circus around the whole season and would not sign a contract until mid way through the season.
Also It was stupid hiring Kiffin as an NFL head coach when hes going to be the same age and younger as many of the players. They won't respect him at all.
Kiffin fired at USC because he followed Carroll, Carroll was 5-4 as well in the Pac 12 when he left and Kiffin took over. Kiffin was basically hired to fail. 62 players to play with many of the upperclassmen transferring out.
Most on here running Kiffin in the dirt are not even looking at the situation or that he was extremely young. Think hes only 40 or 41 now.
If you want to run him in the ground for being a smart *** that's ok because he is one.
Has a pretty decent winning record as a head coach. And to bring up him being fired while being an nfl head coach that's not saying much because nfl teams hire and fire all the time. Brooks had a losing record as a head coach in college and pro and was fired as a pro coach. And most on here praise Brooks.
we had people on here that wanted petrino who not only had baggage but coached Louisville as well. That being said he's on the same level as petrino when it comes to character, plus he also has nfl coaching experience. I'd take kiffin tomorrow.
LOL, people using getting fired from the Raiders as a example someone can't coach. That tells me all I need to know about you. The Raiders ???? So, who in the 30 years has not been fired when they accepted the job ??? Better yet, not one damn person has answered my question of WHY is Kiffin bad, who YOU want, and WHY you want that guy ??? And STOP using UT as a example he failed. ONE (1) year is not a amount of time to fail or succeed. And quit using he was fired from the Raiders, it makes you look ignorant and no football knowledge. You do know Hugh Jackson was also fired after 1 season ,,, I am sure you did... No ?? He started 7-4 and finished 8-8,,,, and was fired from the Raiders, so Kiffin getting fired there actually was a blessing.